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31522 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 104 / Wednesday, June 1, 2005 / Notices

Mexico; of Santa Clara, New to repatriate cultural items in the , ; Pueblo of Mexico; Pueblo of Santo Domingo, New possession of the U.S. Department of the Laguna, New Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe, Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico; Interior, National Park Service, Chaco New Mexico; Pueblo of San Ildefonso, Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico; Pueblo Culture National Historical Park, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Ana, New of Zia, New Mexico; and Zuni Tribe of Nageezi, NM, that meet the definition of Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico; the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico may ‘‘sacred objects’’ under 25 U.S.C. 3001. Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; and the proceed after that date if no additional This notice is published as part of the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New claimants come forward. National Park Service’s administrative Mexico. On July 29, 2004, the park Aztec Ruins National Monument is responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 corresponded with representatives of responsible for notifying the U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3). The determinations the Nation, New Tribe of ; Fort McDowell in this notice are the sole responsibility Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico; Yavapai Nation, (formerly the of the superintendent, Chaco Culture Pueblo of Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo Fort McDowell Mohave-Apache National Historical Park. of Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo of San Community of the Fort McDowell The cultural items are part of a bundle Felipe, New Mexico; Pueblo of San ); Fort Sill Apache that includes the following: 1 small hide Juan, New Mexico; Pueblo of Sandia, Tribe of Oklahoma; Hopi Tribe of bundle tied with a leather strip; 3 small New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Clara, Arizona; Jicarilla Apache Nation, New hide pouches tied with yucca cordage; New Mexico; Pueblo of Santo Domingo, Mexico; Nation, Arizona, New 1 tanned rodent hide; 6 hide fragments; New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico & Utah; Pueblo of Acoma, New 2 shell beads; 5 quartz crystals; 1 calcite Mexico; Southern Ute Indian Tribe of Mexico; Pueblo of Cochiti, New Mexico; cylinder; 2 steatite cylinders; 4 chert the Southern Ute Reservation, ; Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico; Pueblo of flakes; 1 chert scraper; 2 reed fragments; Tribe of the Ute Mountain Jemez, New Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna, more than 44 fragments of unidentified Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico, New Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe, New plants, roots, and sticks; 1 piece of and Utah; and Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo of Mexico; Pueblo of Picuris, New Mexico; cotton fabric; 4 fragments of limonite; 1 . Representatives from the Navajo Pueblo of Pojoaque, New Mexico; yucca quid; 14 yucca cordage fragments; Nation of Arizona, New Mexico, and Pueblo of San Felipe, New Mexico; 1 hank of untwisted yucca; 3 yucca Utah; Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico; Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New Mexico; cordage fragments strung with 31 stone Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo of San Juan, New Mexico; beads; 1,890 small stone beads; 75 Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico; and Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo squash seeds; 1 corn cob, with kernels, Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico visited the of Santa Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo of two-thirds of which is wrapped with park’s museum collection to view the Santa Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of cotton cordage; 3 projectile points; 1 items. Representatives of the Hopi Tribe Santo Domingo, New Mexico; Pueblo of stone knife; 3 gourd rind fragments; 1 of Arizona and Pueblo of Acoma, New Taos, New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, bone awl; 1 strand of yucca cordage Mexico requested and received digital New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New with 33 shell beads, 1 turquoise photographs of the items. Mexico; Southern Ute Indian Tribe of pendant, 1 turquoise bead, 1 bone bead; In the Southwest, archeological the Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado; 1 deciduous human tooth; 3 shaped evidence of medicine bundles appears Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain quartz crystals tied with sinew; 1 drilled limited to Basketmaker phase cave sites Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & bivalve fossil; 1 drilled hematite nodule (A.D. 1–700), where organic material Utah; White Mountain Apache Tribe of with a fragment of leather; 4 hematite such as animal skins, feathers, and plant the Fort Apache Reservation, Arizona; nodules; 2 petrified wood nodules; 1 material have been preserved from the turquoise nodule; 1 unidentified Yavapai-Apache Nation of the Camp elements. The contents of these bundles, mineral nodule; 1 hollow tube Verde Indian Reservation, Arizona; and which are often made of prairie dog concretion; and 20 fragments of an Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New skin, include projectile points, shell unidentified gray mineral. pendants, stringed shell and turquoise Mexico that this notice has been The items were received by Chaco published. beads, crystals, hematite, feathers, Culture National Historical Park via azurite, malachite, limonite, squash Dated: May 20, 2005. delivery service on September 25, 2000, seeds, plant materials, bone and wood Paul Hoffman, without an accompanying letter or note. dice, stone beads, and fossilized teeth. Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish and Wildlife It was later determined that the person Frequently, individual items, and Parks. named on the return address is particularly paints such as hematite and [FR Doc. 05–10802 Filed 5–31–05; 8:45 am] deceased. The park has no information limonite and beads, were placed in BILLING CODE 4312–50–S regarding the origin of the items or their smaller animal skin pouches tied with age. The only information available is sinew or cordage within the larger that the deceased requested that his bundle. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR heirs send the items to Chaco Culture Navajo medicine bundles, like National Historical Park. The park Puebloan bundles, are made of National Park Service archeologist determined the items may perishable materials such as skin, cloth, have come from a container, a sealed yarn, feathers, reeds and other vegetal Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural room, or a dry cave. material. Consultation with Items: U.S. Department of the Interior, In May 2004, the park’s museum representatives of the , National Park Service, Chaco Culture technician determined that the items Arizona, New Mexico, & Utah National Historical Park, Nageezi, NM may have been part of a medicine established that the bundle described in AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. bundle that would meet the NAGPRA this notice is not of Navajo origin. ACTION: Notice. definition of sacred object. On July 27, Representatives of the Pueblo of Zia, 2004, the park consulted with New Mexico identified the 2,173 Notice is here given in accordance representatives of the Hopi Tribe of cultural items as ceremonial objects with the Native American Graves Arizona; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New needed for the practice of traditional Protection and Repatriation Act Mexico, & Utah; Pueblo of Acoma, New religion. They identified the bundle as (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3005, of the intent Mexico; Pueblo of Cochiti, New Mexico; one of the bundles kept by Pueblo of Zia

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medicine men who use the objects as Dated: May 20, 2005 The Nez Perce Indians are believed to part of their healing ceremonies and Paul Hoffman, have occupied the area of Wallowa preparation of prayer sticks associated Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish and Wildlife County, OR for over 7,000 years. The with solstice offerings. The contents of and Parks. Knight Creek site is located within the Zia medicine bundles are usually kept [FR Doc. 05–10812 Filed 5–31–05; 8:45 am] ancestral and traditional lands of the individually in small hide pouches tied BILLING CODE 4312–50–S Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho. Nothing was with leather or yucca cords, which in discovered at the site that would turn are kept in larger bundles. Small indicate that there was any cultural quartz crystals, minerals, beads, flakes DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR influence other than the Nez Perce and seeds are commonly used to adorn people, which is represented today by National Park Service and paint prayer sticks. the Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho. Officials of the Wallowa-Whitman Notice of Inventory Completion: Officials of Chaco Culture National National Forest have determined that, Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, Historical Park have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the Hells Canyon National Recreation pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(C), the human remains described above Area, Baker City, OR cultural items are specific ceremonial represent the physical remains of one objects needed by traditional Native AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. individual of Native American ancestry. American religious leaders for the ACTION: Notice. Officials of the Wallowa-Whitman practice of traditional Native American National Forest also have determined religions by their present-day adherents. Notice is here given in accordance that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), Officials of Chaco Culture National with the Native American Graves there is a relationship of shared group Historical Park also have determined Protection and Repatriation Act identity that can be reasonably traced that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the between the Native American human there is a relationship of shared group completion of an inventory of human remains and the Nez Perce Tribe of identity that can be reasonably traced remains in the possession of the Idaho. between the sacred objects and the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, Representatives of any other Indian Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico. Baker City, OR. The human remains tribe that believes itself to be culturally were removed from Wallowa County, Representatives of any other Indian affiliated with the human remains OR. tribe that believes itself to be culturally should contact Guy A. Marden, Forest This notice is published as part of the Archaeologist, Wallowa-Whitman affiliated with the sacred objects should National Park Service’s administrative contact Dennis Carruth, acting National Forest, P.O. Box 907, Baker responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S. City, OR 97814–3071, telephone (208) superintendent, Chaco Culture National C. 3003 (d)(3). The determinations in Historical Park, Post Office Box 220, 885–3773, before July 1, 2005. this notice are the sole responsibility of Repatriation of the human remains to Nageezi, NM 87037, telephone the museum, institution, or Federal (505)786–7014, before July 1, 2005. the Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho may agency that has control of the Native proceed after that date if no additional Repatriation of the sacred objects to the American human remains. The National Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico may proceed claimants come forward. Park Service is not responsible for the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest is after that date if no additional claimants determinations in this notice. responsible for notifying the Nez Perce come forward. A detailed assessment of the human Tribe of Idaho that this notice has been Chaco Culture National Historical remains was made by Wallowa- published. Park is responsible for notifying the Whitman National Forest professional Dated:May 20, 2005 Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Jicarilla Apache staff in consultation with the Nez Perce Paul Hoffman, Nation, New Mexico; Navajo Nation, Tribe of Idaho. In June 1989, human remains Arizona, New Mexico, & Utah; Pueblo of Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish and Wildlife representing a minimum of one and Parks. Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of Cochiti, individual were removed from the New Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta, New [FR Doc. 05–10821 Filed 5–31–05; 8:45 am] Knight Creek site (35WA767), Wallowa Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico; BILLING CODE 4312–50–S County, OR. The Knight Creek site is Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico; Pueblo located approximately 47 miles south of of Nambe, New Mexico; Pueblo of Lewiston, ID. The Knight Creek site was DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo of looted by an unknown individual or Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo of San individuals during the summer or fall of National Park Service Felipe, New Mexico; Pueblo of San 1984. The 1989 archeological excavation Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo of San was conducted by Central Washington Department of the Interior, National Juan, New Mexico; Pueblo of Sandia, University, under contract with the Park Service, Sequoia & Kings Canyon New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Ana, New Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, as National Parks, Three Rivers, CA and Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Clara, New part of a damage assessment study. After Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Mexico; Pueblo of Santo Domingo, New analysis at Central Washington Anthropology, University of California, Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico; University, the materials were returned Berkeley, Berkeley, CA Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico; Pueblo to the Wallowa-Whitman National of Zia, New Mexico; Southern Ute Forest and have been kept at the Hells AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute Canyon National Recreation ACTION: Notice. Reservation, Colorado; Ute Mountain headquarters in Enterprise, OR. No Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation, known individual was identified. No Notice is here given in accordance Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah; Ysleta associated funerary objects are present. with the Native American Graves Del Sur Pueblo of Texas; and Zuni Tribe Radiocarbon dates from the Knight Protection and Repatriation Act of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico Creek site range between B.P. 1040 (+/ (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the that this notice has been published. -90 years) and 2,450 B.P. (+/-120 years). completion of an inventory of human

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